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ICPSR
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields. Begun in 1962 and is a consortium of over 750 institutions.
Interpreting SPSS Output
How to interpret frequency distributions, crosstabulations, comparison of means tests, correlations, and OLS regressions done in SPSS. Used in teaching undergraduate Introduction to Statistics course. (source: ICPSR)
ICPSR Data-Related Literature

Policy Map This link opens in a new window
An online, U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform that leverages thousands of U.S. data indicators in to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group in many cases, up to a national level, as well as create custom regions, for their research and studies.
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Criminal Justice Abstracts
Crime and criminals, criminology, forensics, police procedures and methods, prevention and safety, crime trends, corrections, jails, prisons, juvenile delinquency, courts, offender tracking, probation, victims, sentencing, and alternative sentencing.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Limit to criminal justice articles by clicking on Advanced Search and choosing the journal filter - Criminology & Criminal Justice.
ProQuest Central: Criminal Justice
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Covers topics in criminology and criminal justice
SocIndex with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Scholarly articles, books, and other sources in sociology and related fields.
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HeinOnline This link opens in a new window
An image-based government document and legal research database containing comprehensive coverage from inception of U.S. statutory materials, Congressional Documents and more than 2,500 scholarly journals, all of the world's constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law powered by Fastcase. Includes the American Indian Law Collection.
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NexisUni This link opens in a new window
Searches information in federal and state case law, statutes, codes, regulations, legal news, law reviews, and international legal information. Also includes full text newspapers, broadcast transcripts including non-English language, financial information, SEC filings and reports, and industry and market news.
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Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive database of legal materials, including cases, statutes, and regulations of the U.S. government and the various state governments; includes the legal encyclopedia American Jurisprudence 2nd and American Law Reports; case law from 1789 to present; current statutes and regulations.
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Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary, general database covering most academic topics.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary resource providing articles from peer-reviewed journals. UCO's Collections include Arts & Sciences I-XV, Business IV, Ecology & Botany II, Hebrew Journals, Ireland, Life Sciences, Lives of Literature, 19th Century British Pamphlets, Security Studies, and Sustainability. Archival access only.
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Multidisciplinary search across many databases including business, health and medicine, social sciences, education, science and technology, and arts and humanities.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
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Multidisciplinary database with special emphasis on social science and the liberal arts.